Nearly every Irish family has a story of emigration and migration. When I was visiting my hometown last week, I took the opportunity of visiting Cobh in Co. Cork about an hour and a half from Carrick-on-Suir. Up until 1920 Cobh was called Queenstown. One of the major transatlantic Irish ports historically, the town was the departure point for 2.5 million of the 6 million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950.
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On 1 Nov 2019, just over 240 months ago, I published my first blog post on my bucketlist blog website 80b480.com. I was still recovering from my 2017 stroke and multiple organ failure and 12 months since I took redundancy from the Exchange. I had this vague idea that because I had come so close to dying I should make a list of all the things I wanted to do on my bucketlist and start
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AuthorMy name is Mary and this is my bucket list blog ...having survived a near-death experience. I hope it encourages you to "live your best life". See how I'm completing my own bucket list items. And let me know how you're getting on with yours! Archives
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